Senate committee removes funding to expand LA GATOR program

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After a 30-minute meeting with no debate, a Senate committee voted 9-0 to advance the state budget Thursday, removing the $43.5 million expansion of the school voucher program that had been included in the House and governor’s budgets. The Revenue Estimating Conference had reduced next year’s state general fund forecast by $104 million on May

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